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Earth’s Temporary Second Moon 2024 PT5 Bids Farewell as It Exits Orbit
On 29 September 2024, Earth briefly welcomed asteroid 2024 PT5 as a second moon. Discovered by NASA's ATLAS, this small asteroid will exit Earth's orbit by mid-November 2024. Its fleeting presence offers astronomers valuable insights into tracking mini-moons and potential asteroid threats. As scientists explore these transient companions, they unco...
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Is Earth’s New Minimoon 2024 Visible to Naked Eye? Here's What You Need to Know
On Sunday, 29th September, Earth captured a new "minimoon" known as 2024 PT5. The bus-sized asteroid, measuring 33 feet wide, is temporarily orbiting Earth for 57 days. Although it's a fascinating addition, the minimoon is too small to be seen with the naked eye or typical amateur telescopes. Researchers believe the asteroid originated from the Arj...
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How Fast Will the Moon's Shadow Travel During the Annular Solar Eclipse on October 2?
The annular solar eclipse on October 2, 2024, will see the moon’s shadow move at vastly different speeds across the Southern Hemisphere. While the shadow will reach lightning-fast speeds over 10 million km/h in some areas, it will slow to around 2,057 km/h in others. The speed variation is due to factors like Earth’s curvature and the distance ...
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Earth's 'Mini Moon' To Be Visible On September 29. Here's How To Watch It
Mini-moons have been spotted before, and many more are likely to have gone unnoticed.
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NASA Explains How Intense Geomagnetic Storms Lead to Stunning Auroras
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has issued a warning about an intense geomagnetic storm at level G4, which is likely to disrupt power grids, GPS, and radio signals. Despite these potential issues, the storm offers a remarkable visual treat with colourful auroras visible in high-latitude areas of Canada and the United Stat...
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US' Private Moon Lander Now Headed For Earth, Might Burn Up In Atmosphere
A private US lunar lander that has been leaking fuel throughout its journey is now headed for Earth and will likely burn up in the atmosphere, the company said Saturday.
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NASA's Artemis Spacecraft Reaches The Moon, Sends Back Image Of 'Pale Blue Dot' Earth
The aircraft also sent back images of Earth looking extremely tiny like a 'pale blue dot' from 230,000 miles away.
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Asteroid Polymele May Have Its Own Natural Satellite, Say Astronomers on NASA's Lucy Mission
On its way to the space rocks Trojans, NASA's Lucy probe observed its smallest asteroid target named Polymele, which was expected to pass in front of a star. As the asteroid passed, it blocked the star briefly allowing astronomers to observe the star blink along with another object. Located some 200km from Polymele, astronomers think that is likely...
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The Length of Earth’s Days Has Been Mysteriously Increasing, and Scientists Don’t Know Why
The length of a day on Earth is increasing, according to atomic clocks and precise astronomical measurements. Scientists have no idea why days are getting longer on the planet, a phenomenon that could impact not just timekeeping but also technology like GPS. Over millions of years, Earth’s rotation has been slowing down due to friction effects as...
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What’s It Like to Be on Venus or Pluto? We Studied Their Sand Dunes and Found Some Clues
A new study has explained how sand dunes can provide insight into weather and conditions one might experience while standing on a far-off planetary body. For dunes to exist, planets should pass a pair of “Goldilocks” criteria. The presence of such dunes on Venus, Earth, Mars, Titan, Triton (Neptune’s largest moon) and Pluto have given new hop...
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Moon’s Top Layer Can Provide Enough Oxygen for 8 Billion People for 100,000 Years
The Moon's layer of rocks, called regolith, contains enough oxygen to sustain human life. If a new study is to be believed, the Moon's surface has enough oxygen to keep 8 billion, or 800 crore people alive for around 1,00,000 years.
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Japan's Hayabusa-2 Probe Returns Rare Asteroid Sample to Earth, JAXA Announces
Japan space agency officials on Sunday hailed the arrival of rare asteroid samples on Earth after they were collected by space probe Hayabusa-2 during an unprecedented mission.
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Stars Need a Partner to Create Universe's Brightest Explosions, Study Claims
The new research solves the mystery of how stars spin fast enough to create conditions to launch a jet of highly energetic material into space and has found that tidal effects like those between the Moon and the Earth are the answer.
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"Heart Of The Earth": Tourists Flock To Swim Among Penguins In Antarctica
"It's like getting stabbed," a tourist exclaims, as he plunges into the three-degree Celsius (37-Fahrenheit) water, all under the intrigued gaze of a group of penguins. All around Half Moon Island, off the Antarctic Peninsula, blocks of ice of all sizes float by on a calm sea, their varying forms resembling weightless origami shapes.
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Before Exploring Other Planets, Submarine Will Dive To Earth's Seafloor
NASA is set to send a submarine to the seafloor near Hawaii on August 20 in an effort to find an environment analogous to water worlds like Jupiter's moon Europa and Saturn's moon Enceladus, a media report said today. Taking a closer look at the Earth's seafloor might help the space agency to send a submarine to the outer solar system to explore th...
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Earth’s Temporary Second Moon 2024 PT5 Bids Farewell as It Exits Orbit
On 29 September 2024, Earth briefly welcomed asteroid 2024 PT5 as a second moon. Discovered by NASA's ATLAS, this small asteroid will exit Earth's orbit by mid-November 2024. Its fleeting presence offers astronomers valuable insights into tracking mini-moons and potential asteroid threats. As scientists explore these transient companions, they unco...
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Is Earth’s New Minimoon 2024 Visible to Naked Eye? Here's What You Need to Know
On Sunday, 29th September, Earth captured a new "minimoon" known as 2024 PT5. The bus-sized asteroid, measuring 33 feet wide, is temporarily orbiting Earth for 57 days. Although it's a fascinating addition, the minimoon is too small to be seen with the naked eye or typical amateur telescopes. Researchers believe the asteroid originated from the Arj...
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How Fast Will the Moon's Shadow Travel During the Annular Solar Eclipse on October 2?
The annular solar eclipse on October 2, 2024, will see the moon’s shadow move at vastly different speeds across the Southern Hemisphere. While the shadow will reach lightning-fast speeds over 10 million km/h in some areas, it will slow to around 2,057 km/h in others. The speed variation is due to factors like Earth’s curvature and the distance ...
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Earth's 'Mini Moon' To Be Visible On September 29. Here's How To Watch It
Mini-moons have been spotted before, and many more are likely to have gone unnoticed.
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NASA Explains How Intense Geomagnetic Storms Lead to Stunning Auroras
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has issued a warning about an intense geomagnetic storm at level G4, which is likely to disrupt power grids, GPS, and radio signals. Despite these potential issues, the storm offers a remarkable visual treat with colourful auroras visible in high-latitude areas of Canada and the United Stat...
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US' Private Moon Lander Now Headed For Earth, Might Burn Up In Atmosphere
A private US lunar lander that has been leaking fuel throughout its journey is now headed for Earth and will likely burn up in the atmosphere, the company said Saturday.
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NASA's Artemis Spacecraft Reaches The Moon, Sends Back Image Of 'Pale Blue Dot' Earth
The aircraft also sent back images of Earth looking extremely tiny like a 'pale blue dot' from 230,000 miles away.
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Asteroid Polymele May Have Its Own Natural Satellite, Say Astronomers on NASA's Lucy Mission
On its way to the space rocks Trojans, NASA's Lucy probe observed its smallest asteroid target named Polymele, which was expected to pass in front of a star. As the asteroid passed, it blocked the star briefly allowing astronomers to observe the star blink along with another object. Located some 200km from Polymele, astronomers think that is likely...
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The Length of Earth’s Days Has Been Mysteriously Increasing, and Scientists Don’t Know Why
The length of a day on Earth is increasing, according to atomic clocks and precise astronomical measurements. Scientists have no idea why days are getting longer on the planet, a phenomenon that could impact not just timekeeping but also technology like GPS. Over millions of years, Earth’s rotation has been slowing down due to friction effects as...
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What’s It Like to Be on Venus or Pluto? We Studied Their Sand Dunes and Found Some Clues
A new study has explained how sand dunes can provide insight into weather and conditions one might experience while standing on a far-off planetary body. For dunes to exist, planets should pass a pair of “Goldilocks” criteria. The presence of such dunes on Venus, Earth, Mars, Titan, Triton (Neptune’s largest moon) and Pluto have given new hop...
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Moon’s Top Layer Can Provide Enough Oxygen for 8 Billion People for 100,000 Years
The Moon's layer of rocks, called regolith, contains enough oxygen to sustain human life. If a new study is to be believed, the Moon's surface has enough oxygen to keep 8 billion, or 800 crore people alive for around 1,00,000 years.
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Japan's Hayabusa-2 Probe Returns Rare Asteroid Sample to Earth, JAXA Announces
Japan space agency officials on Sunday hailed the arrival of rare asteroid samples on Earth after they were collected by space probe Hayabusa-2 during an unprecedented mission.
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Stars Need a Partner to Create Universe's Brightest Explosions, Study Claims
The new research solves the mystery of how stars spin fast enough to create conditions to launch a jet of highly energetic material into space and has found that tidal effects like those between the Moon and the Earth are the answer.
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"Heart Of The Earth": Tourists Flock To Swim Among Penguins In Antarctica
"It's like getting stabbed," a tourist exclaims, as he plunges into the three-degree Celsius (37-Fahrenheit) water, all under the intrigued gaze of a group of penguins. All around Half Moon Island, off the Antarctic Peninsula, blocks of ice of all sizes float by on a calm sea, their varying forms resembling weightless origami shapes.
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Before Exploring Other Planets, Submarine Will Dive To Earth's Seafloor
NASA is set to send a submarine to the seafloor near Hawaii on August 20 in an effort to find an environment analogous to water worlds like Jupiter's moon Europa and Saturn's moon Enceladus, a media report said today. Taking a closer look at the Earth's seafloor might help the space agency to send a submarine to the outer solar system to explore th...
